The United States attorney for the Southern District of New York is the chief federal law enforcement officer in eight contiguous New York counties:the counties of New York (Manhattan) and Bronx,and the counties of Westchester,Putnam,Rockland,Orange,Dutchess,and Sullivan. Established by the Judiciary Act of 1789,the office represents the United States government in criminal and civil cases across the country. The SDNY handles a broad array of cases,including but not limited to those involving white collar crime,domestic terrorism,cybercrime,public corruption,organized crime,and civil rights disputes.
Mark Waller is a former Colorado county commissioner as well as a former legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado and county level assistant district attorney. Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Republican in 2008,Waller had represented House District 15,which encompasses portions of northeastern Colorado Springs,Colorado. Waller also served in the US Air Force from 1993 until 2000,joining the Air Force Reserves in 2001,and following his graduation from the University of Denver Law School,he worked as an attorney prosecuting insurgents during the Iraq War;he was deployed in 2006.
Chesa Boudin is an American lawyer who served as the 29th District Attorney of San Francisco from January 8,2020,to July 8,2022. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
The New York County District Attorney,also known as the Manhattan District Attorney,is the elected district attorney for New York County (Manhattan),New York. The office is responsible for the prosecution of violations of New York state laws. The current district attorney is Alvin Bragg. He was elected in 2021 to succeed Cyrus Vance Jr.
Cyrus Roberts Vance Jr. is an American attorney and politician who served as the District Attorney of New York County,New York. He was previously a principal partner at the law firm of Morvillo,Abramowitz,Grand,Iason,Anello,&Bohrer,P.C. He is the son of Cyrus Vance Sr.,former Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter. Vance did not seek reelection as District Attorney in the 2021 election,and was succeeded by Alvin Bragg. He is currently a partner at Baker McKenzie.
George Gascón is an American attorney and former police officer who is the district attorney of Los Angeles County. A member of the Democratic Party and a former member of the Republican Party,Gascón served as the district attorney of San Francisco from 2011 to 2019. Prior to his work as a prosecutor,he was an assistant chief of police for the LAPD,and Chief of Police in Mesa,Arizona and San Francisco.
Jacquelyn Phillips Lacey is an American politician who served as the District Attorney of Los Angeles County from December 3,2012 to December 7,2020. Lacey was the first woman,and first African-American,to serve as LA District Attorney since the office was created in 1850.
Darcel Denise Clark is an American attorney and prosecutor who has served as the Bronx County District Attorney since 2016. Clark is the first woman to hold that office,and the first woman of color to serve as a district attorney in the history of the State of New York.
Kimberly M. Foxx is an American politician,who is currently the State's Attorney for Cook County,Illinois. She manages the second largest prosecutor's office in the United States,consisting of approximately 700 attorneys and 1,100 employees. In 2016,she won the Democratic nomination for State's Attorney against incumbent Anita Alvarez and went on to win the general election. She was re-elected in 2020. In 2023,she announced that she would not run for re-election in 2024.
Lawrence Samuel Krasner is an American lawyer who is the 26th District Attorney of Philadelphia. Elected to the position in 2017,Krasner was one of the first in the United States to run as a self-described "progressive prosecutor". He campaigned on a platform to reform elements of the criminal justice system,including reduced incarceration.
Madeline Singas is an American attorney and judge who serves as an associate judge of the New York Court of Appeals since 2021.
Jennifer Gillum Rodgers is an American attorney and legal analyst at CNN.
Tiffany Cabán is an American attorney,politician,and political organizer who has served as a member of the New York City Council for the 22nd District since the 2021 New York City Council election. She won the Democratic primary for the seat after the incumbent,Democrat Costa Constantinides,retired.
Carolyn Pokorny is a career federal prosecutor,currently serving as First Assistant United States Attorney at the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. Previously she served as the Inspector General for the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority at the Office of the MTA Inspector General. She is the first woman to hold that position.
Mark Floyd Pomerantz is an American attorney. He is a member of the New York law firm Paul,Weiss,Rifkind,Wharton &Garrison,generally referred to as Paul,Weiss. In February 2021,he left that firm to assist with the Manhattan District Attorney's investigation into the finances of former president Donald Trump until his resignation from the case in February 2022.
Tali Farimah Farhadian Weinstein,is an American attorney,professor,and politician. She is a former federal and state prosecutor and was a candidate in the 2021 New York County District Attorney race.
The 2021 New York County District Attorney election was held on November 2,2021,to elect the New York County District Attorney. The incumbent,Cyrus Vance Jr.,had announced in March 2021 that he would not seek a fourth term.
Alvin Leonard Bragg Jr. is an American politician and lawyer who serves as the New York County District Attorney,covering Manhattan. In 2021,he became the first African American elected to that office. Bragg had previously served as Chief Deputy Attorney General of New York and as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York. In 2024,he became the first and only district attorney to secure a conviction of a former United States president.
Two related investigations by New York State and City officials were opened by 2020 to determine whether the Trump Organization has committed financial fraud. One of these is a criminal case being conducted by the Manhattan district attorney (DA) and the other is a civil case being conducted by the New York State Attorney General (AG). The DA's case has led to two of the organization's subsidiary companies being found guilty of 17 charges including tax fraud and the indictment of Donald Trump,while the AG has succeeded in imposing an independent monitor to prevent future fraud by the organization.
Carey R. Dunne is an American attorney. He is known for leading the criminal investigation of Donald Trump for the office of the Manhattan District Attorney until his resignation from the case,alongside his colleague Mark F. Pomerantz,in February 2022. In that role,Dunne successfully argued Trump v. Vance before the United States Supreme Court in May 2020;the court held that President Trump was required to comply with a state grand jury subpoena for his tax returns. Prior to his service at the DA's Office,Dunne was a longtime partner at Davis Polk &Wardwell,where he specialized in white collar criminal defense. Dunne is a past president of the New York City Bar Association.
